Beautiful Examples Of Art Deco In London

Art deco, one of the first truly international architectural styles, might have originated in France, but it certainly made its mark on London.

Here you can see examples of the luxury and glamour that embodied the early years of art deco, as well as more subdued, post-Great Depression pieces. Whether it's from the exuberant 20s or restrained 30s, we think you'll agree: it's all rather beautiful.

A 1930s art deco house in Blackheath.Source Wow HausThe escalators at Turnpike Lane stationSource Sophii JacobFirst opened as a cinema in the 1930s, the Queens building in Westbourne Grove is an Art Deco masterpiece that's been restored to its former glory. Photo taken in 1960.Source Heals FurnitureThis five-storey art deco-inspired London town house uses marble inside and out.Source HighsnobietydesignTurnpike Lane tube station.Source Mrlondon NcbThe 1930s Trevor Square, KnightsbridgeSource Aridley88The former Odeon cinema, Woolwich.Source Discovering LondonThe impressive, curved Unilever house is a grade II listed building, built in 1933.Source InstagramHarrow's Grosvenor Cinema, now the Zoroastrian Centre.Source Metropol2Elsley House, Great Titchfield Street.Source Stephen.andrew.woodArt deco, Tottenham Court Road-style.Source CraigsoloEltham’s former cinema, which closed in 2000. It's now a gym.Source Metropol2The Lansdowne Club in Mayfair where 18th-century grandeur meets stylish art deco.Source Wedding VenuesElsley House, Great Titchfield Street.Source AndrewdthorpeStanding on Tooley Street, near HMS Belfast and on the south side of London Bridge, St Olaf House was built between 1928 and 1932 for the Hay's Wharf Company. The building was awarded Grade II*-listed status in May 1971.Source TarahcoonanEaling has a beautiful listed art deco estate, which was built to house film stars working at the nearby Ealing Studios.Source London DatingBlack and white art deco brilliance.Source LondonistChiswick Park Station has been Grade II listed since February 1987. Source SenatehouseeventsThe Grampians, Shepherd's Bush, was built between 1935 and 1937 and designed by architect Maurice Ernest Webb, son of Sir Aston Webb. Source Jaroslaw MarciukBeautiful grade II-listed art deco property in Hampstead Garden Suburb. Source Wow HausAn abandoned art deco building in Willesden Green.Source Ben PedrocheArt deco gigantism at its finestSource FacehunterArt deco brilliance on Fleet Street.Source WonderlustinglyndaA beautiful art deco house in Southgate.Source Wow HausDreamy art deco designs.Source KnitterbirdFlorin Court is an art deco residential building on the eastern side of Charterhouse Square in Smithfield. Poirot fans will recognise it as the filming location for the fictional Whitehaven mansions.Source WhatinaseesThe art deco Ibex House, Portsoken Street in Whitechapel.Source MandytjieImperial Airways Building, Buckingham Palace Road. It was designed by Albert Lakeman in 1939 in the art deco style, and has a pair of winged figures over the entrance by E R Broadbent. It was used by BOAC & British Airways but now houses the National Audit Office.Source PaulbeaThe former Curry's electrical factory on the Great West Road is now the headquarters of J C Decaux. It was designed in 1936 by F E Simkins. The building was restored by Foster and Partners in the late 1990s.Source JocopeArt deco details in Southwark.Source AllwillbBetween Harrow and Wealdstone, in north west London, stands the rather bleak looking art deco Safari cinema.Source LondonistRayners Lane stationSource 44mlbThames House is a Grade II listed building in Millbank, on the north bank of the Thames adjacent to Lambeth Bridge. Source InstagramThe Hoover Building on the A40 in Perivale is a fantastic example of art deco architecture, designed by Wallis, Gilbert and Partners.Source TarahcoonanArt deco contrasts in Bloomsbury.Source Yannick PucciThe stairs at Turnpike Lane tube station.Source Mrlondon NcbArt deco living at Charleville Court in West Kensington.Source MerrickwinterArt deco elephants in Greenwich.Source AmirbaumArt Deco loveliness at One America Square, east London.Source MandytjieThe art deco Adelphi building from the 1930s is located at 1-10 John Adam Street in Westminster.Source MandytjieShell Mex House is a grade II listed building situated at 80, Strand. The current building was built in 1930–31. And yes, that's London's biggest clock at the top.Source Scratch LondonArt deco touches on the 'new' Adelphi buildings in Westminster. Source MandytjieThis is the modern atrium attached to the back of the gorgeous art deco building at 1 Finsbury Circus.Source SamlucasmoreArt deco apartments on Exhibition Road.Source MattdelmarWhole Foods in Kensington: wholly art deco.Source AladyinlondonNorthcliffe House on Whitefriars Street.Source AllwillbThe art deco Park Royal station on the Piccadilly line is formed from a series of simple interconnecting geometric shapes.Source LipsticklettucelycraAnother perspective on Shell Mex House on the Strand.Source Mandytjie